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Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
There is a grand tradition, late in a director’s career, to make what might be referred to as…
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Song Without a Name (Canción sin nombre): An ambling but worthy attempt to depict a mother’s grief and a journalist’s desire for justice
Black-and-white cinematography frames the tale of a pregnancy gone wrong. Comparisons to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma are a convenient…
By Joseph Owen
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Rocketman
In 2007, Columbia Pictures released a film called Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, starring John C Reilly.…
By Sam Gray
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Little Joe
How much do we know about plants? They sit in our homes and offices, and they’re alive, responsive,…
By Sam Gray
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For Sama
It's hardly the most rigorous filmmaking in the world, but the footage on display in For Sama –…
By Sam Gray
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Sorry We Missed You
“I’ve got to go to work!” There are few insincere sentiments in Sorry We Missed You. Each line…
By Joseph Owen
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Beanpole
This is a wonderfully wrought drama from Kantemir Balagov, one exquisitely framed and controlled. The relationship between two…
By Joseph Owen
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Atlantics (Atlantique)
It’s difficult to know where to start with Atlantics. It’s a film of firsts, first and foremost: the…
By Sam Gray
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The Swallows of Kabul (Les Hirondelles de Kaboul)
“We’ve already been killed, all of us. It happened so long ago, we’ve forgotten it.” So we’re told…
By Joseph Owen
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Bacurau
A strange, fascinating film from a strange, fascinating filmmaker, Bacurau doesn’t so much defy explanation as provide almost…
By Sam Gray